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Why invest with popcorn flicks?

Hindi Film Industry is a booming business; at the same time, it's a risky proposition too.

If you are interested in the "business" aspect of Hindi Film Industry, popcorn flicks with its MINIMAL RISK INVESTMENT model is the company to invest. The model has been developed very meticulously.

popcorn flicks has been in the industry for the past decade and is well aware of all the ins and the outs of the business.

A look at Hindi film industry statistics

Each year 1000 films are started
400 get completed
and only 120 films get a commercial release

In simple words only 10% films make to cinema-halls.

How does one break this bottle-neck?

popcorn flicks is the answer; as it safeguards two prime concerns of any INVESTOR

Completion of film - Guarantees completion
Release of film - Guarantees release

WHY popcorn flicks

For the simple reason of DELIVERANCE

Guarantee of Completion
Significance of completion in the light of this article in
HT CITY, NEW DELHI

Statistics reveal that only 20% of the films started ever get completed; popcorn flicks guarantees completion.

Previous Track Record

popcorn flicks has a proven track record of consistently making guerrilla feature films, marketing them and taking them to prestigious film festivals like Cannes, Berlin, Locarno.

On July 21, 2010 popcorn flicks made Indian Film Industry independent in real essence; 69 OPPOSITES ATTRACT is India’s 1st film to release exclusively ONLINE and is one of the fastest growing content ONLINE

69 OPPOSITES ATTRACT is India’s 1st guerrilla film to premier at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival under Marche du Film section

Successful screenings of its filmed content in India, US and Europe

Value for money no other production-house can give manifold benefits in a modest budget

No cost over-runs no haggling regarding increase or escalation in budget

Forge further tie-ups and alliances

Take the film to prestigious international film festivals and film markets

Long term association popcorn flicks is looking for a long term association with the investor and not just an one-off film

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Can anyone accurately predict a FILM's earning potential?

A lot of investors who have met Amit R Agarwal, have asked him, "so what is the business projection of the movie?"

21 times is the answer of Agarwal.

The next query is, "is there a guarantee?"

There is a huge difference between projection and guarantee.

Projections are usually done by industry finance professionals who specialize in that area, using proprietary programs that they've each compiled over the years, based on historical data they've gathered and their own formulas (which are in turn based on their professional experience and expertise).

However, what the potential investors oversee or forget is, if these projections were 100% sure , all the top production-houses would have never ever given a flop.

What investors need to understand is:
Projections are earning potential.
Projections are not guarantees.

William Goldman, famously commented about the impossibility of accurately predicting a film's performance before its release, "Nobody knows anything."

A book "Hollywood Economics: How Extreme Uncertainty Shapes the Film Industry" by Arthur De Vany gives an excellent study on the near-impossibility of predicting a film's performance.

In fact, honestly speaking, historical data has little (if any) predictive value. Producers and investors alike like to believe that there are some fundamental success formulas that tend to improve the prospects of a film's profitability. The most common such formula is:
current popular A-list actor + strong script + current popular genre + competitive budget = success

A review of b.o. data, however, shows that for any such formula,
- there are just as many films that had the supposed formula for success and flopped as there are hits
- nearly as many films that lacked the supposed formula were successes as those that had the formula

Ideally, investors should be savvy about the real risks
- the idea of the investor should be, to invest in a film, nonetheless
- should be clear that there is a risk of recouping the investment, let alone turning a profit
- can afford the loss and is/are prepared for it

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